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• your property taxes, for not paying your income taxes, if you don't pay your mortgage.
• 09:09.519> if<00:09:09.760> you for not paying your income taxes, if you for not paying
• Those are don't pay your mortgage.
• <00:42:28.560> I back into one. So, thank you. I back into one. So, thank you.
• <00:58:39.200> Uh chair is probably back by now. Uh chair is probably back by now.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• was going back to 2021.
• was going back to 2021.
• accurate, now you have to pay us back.
• us back.
• That's the way that have to pay us back.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• the cash price or their co-pay.
• You know, so when they pay us that claim, they're not paying us that.
• What would they pay me?
• Vanessa, can I back up one second?
• I gave you back 30 seconds; may I take back 10 more? Quick.

Bills: SB95, SB268, SB493, SB619, SB660, SB922, SB984, SB1098, SB1188, SB1307, SB1332, SB1822

Keywords: immunization, written informed consent, civil liability, health care provider, vaccine compensation, administrative penalty, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, gag clause, prescription drug pricing, out-of-pocket cost, cash price, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription drug benefit

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• <00:06:47.720> their solely funded by people paying their solely funded by people paying their
• <00:14:46.040> to<00:14:46.199> the really conspired back to the really conspired back
• <00:19:25.640> and we're going to have to go back and we're going to have to go back and actually
• Okay, and I went back. Sorry, that's all right.
• Welcome back to the deferred decision-making agenda of the Committee on Housing at 1 p.m.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing focused primarily on Senate Bill 1409, which would cap county user fees charged to Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands supported the measure, arguing it would reduce monthly housing-related costs for lower-income beneficiaries and help make homesteading more affordable. Several testifiers, including the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and some individuals, also submitted comments or support. County and city water and sewer agencies, including the County of Kauai Department of Water, the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance, the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and the City and County Department of Environmental Services, strongly opposed the bill, saying it would shift substantial costs to other ratepayers, create lost revenue, and could force fee increases for everyone else. They also raised concerns about the bill’s cap structure and potential misuse, while noting their systems are funded by user fees rather than taxes. During committee discussion, Honolulu Board of Water Supply officials estimated about 4,500 DHHL customers on Oʻahu and projected lost revenue of roughly $30 million to $36 million over five years, with larger cumulative impacts over time; they said any waiver would be absorbed by other customers. The County of Hawaiʻi representative estimated nearly 2,000 DHHL customers on the Big Island and about $2.4 million in annual lost revenue. DHHL responded that it is pursuing revenue-generating projects on unused lands, but members questioned whether the department should do more to generate its own revenue and suggested looking at other affordability mechanisms, including market rent on commercial properties or a similar cap on other beneficiary fees. After hearing the testimony and discussion, the committee chair announced the recommendation to defer SB 1409 indefinitely, and the Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs agreed with that decision. The hearing then moved to Senate Bill 1408, a housekeeping measure. DHHL testified in support, saying the bill was part of an effort to lower housing costs through a modular manufacturing approach. DHHL described plans to use an unused hangar at Kalaeloa for a potential modular housing manufacturing plant, including discussions with the University of Hawaiʻi and a Denver-based company, and said it was also exploring a pilot project with Habitat for Humanity on Maui. No vote or final action on SB 1408 was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• We'll go back to our public testimony on Senate Bill 111.
• They’re always asking for me to pay them more.
• We pay them $85,000 a year or something like that. We pay them weekly.
• I wanted to back up just a little bit.
• I wrote that provision back when I was the research director of this committee back in 1979.

Bills: SB205, SB582, SB625, SB1884, SB1903, SB2600, SB2617, SB2751, SB111, SB3061, SB1908

Keywords: fetal development, health curriculum, public schools, middle school health education, grade 7, grade 8, State Board of Education, school health advisory council, Texas Education Code, pregnancy, reproductive health, infertility, birth defects, prenatal development, unborn child, trimester, medically accurate instruction, age-appropriate instruction, drug and alcohol effects, lead exposure

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• So for the average taxpayer, that means real money back in their household budget.
• You're looking at over $5,000 in annual savings back into the pockets of families.
• So if you want families to pay more, just be honest and tell them how much more they need to be paying
• Tell them you want them to pay $2,000 a year more.
• Tell them you want them to pay $4,000 a year more, or $5,000 a year more.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• I worked in D.C. at the Department of Labor back in the George W.
• We did not get people back to work when we needed to get people back to work, and we really struggled
• I know that TANF pays for me, so I identify with that program.
• That was one of the goals we had, making work pay.
• That was one of the goals we had, making work pay.

Summary: The committee met to hear an update from consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie on Arkansas’s “one door” or “no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. The discussion focused on moving the state toward a work-first system that better connects job seekers, employers, education, and public assistance programs, with goals of increasing upward mobility, improving labor force attachment, reducing inefficiencies, and adapting to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. The consultants argued that Arkansas’s current system is fragmented across multiple offices, portals, agencies, and funding streams, and that people often have to navigate separate doors for workforce services, TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and related supports. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as the model, describing how that state integrated workforce and human services into a single department, used cost allocation to blend funding behind the scenes, and saw improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said TANF should be treated as a workforce program, not just a benefits program, and suggested that Arkansas could use TANF and other tools to cross-train DHS staff, co-locate services, and create a more unified service delivery model. Members asked about federal flexibility, waivers, and whether the state could use one large waiver or a broader restructuring to simplify the system. Bishop explained that a federal pilot authority proposal failed in Congress, so the current approach relies on waivers, cost allocation plans, and possible state-level changes. The committee also discussed the relationship between DHS and workforce offices, the role of local workforce boards, how disability and vocational rehabilitation cases would be handled, and how the governor’s Restore Hope/Hope Hub and faith- and community-based initiatives might fit into the broader plan. Bishop said Arkansas already has rehabilitation services within the workforce department and emphasized that case managers should focus on people rather than programs. No votes were taken. The chair said the committee would revisit case management at its August meeting and adjourned the meeting after thanking the consultants.

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• Wait, can you go back on To table six. Wait, can you go back one?
• back in the library. back in the library.
• the water bills, pay for the security guards. >> Going back to these vacant positions that have been
• the water bills, pay for the keep pay the water bills, pay for the security<00:58:42.799> guards.
• >> this pay for it. >> this pay for it.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• So, this is looking at the back page of the program. Um, the back page of your testimony.
• back into the EFA program. They keep it. back into the EFA program.
• pay interest in dividends tax anymore. pay interest in dividends tax anymore.
• Back.
• held back. Others are falling behind. held back. Others are falling behind.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• If you think back—not to get too knee-deep into the history—but if you think back to the history of the
• But again, I'll get back into that.
• process creates a situation where, when they pay the state back, they reappear as eligible for reemployment
• To actually pay an invoice, all the services that we work with are based on paying an invoice for services
• Open back and forth. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• So, I for tourism back into Wyoming.
• This pays off the a 5-year period.
• I said, so uh we pay these rabbit hole.
• This is that large appropriation to pay for the entitlement school districts and to pay out those costs
• Does anybody want to some back there. Does anybody want to testify?

Bills: HB0150

Keywords: Wyoming business council, economic development, task force, evaluation, policy reform, 916, all

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• or not pay.
• <00:52:32.720> after paying now and what they would pay after paying now and what they would
• I only went actually back to 1965. I could have gone back to the 1930s.
• I only went actually back to 1965. I could have gone back to the 1930s.
• I only went actually back to 1965. I could have gone back to the 1930s.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We'll bring it back. up, name, hearing and seeing none. We'll bring it back to the committee. Mr.
• I want to bring it back to the dais. Mr. DeMaio.
• It is great to be back here in the Assembly.
• Seeing none, we will bring it back to the committee.
• Hearing and seeing none, I want to bring it back to...

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard a series of tax-related bills, with several measures referred to suspense and a few advancing. SB 284 would clarify Proposition 19 rules for inherited family homes in probate, including when the one-year residency clock starts and whether title consolidation among siblings triggers reassessment; supporters included the California Association of Realtors, while county assessors opposed the sibling-transfer language as creating ambiguity. The bill was sent to suspense. SB 863 was taken up on the consent calendar and passed 6-0 to the Assembly floor. SB 333 would let San Luis Obispo County voters consider raising a local tax rate limit to fund transportation projects; supporters said it would help the county become self-help for major road needs, while opponents argued it would make it easier to raise regressive sales taxes. The committee approved the bill 5-2, as amended with a five-year sunset. SB 376, which clarifies that charitable remainder trusts are not treated as incomplete gift non-grantor trusts for California income tax purposes, drew support from the California Lawyers Association and no opposition, and passed 5-2 to Appropriations as amended. The committee also heard SB 591, which would replace steep penalties for failing to use electronic funds transfer with fixed penalties of $100 for a first violation and $500 thereafter; supporters said current penalties can be excessive and out of proportion, and the bill was sent to suspense. SB 419 would partially exempt hydrogen fuel from the state sales and use tax while leaving the existing road fee in place; supporters said it would help hydrogen adoption and parity with other clean fuels, while one environmental group opposed unless amended, and the bill went to suspense. SB 587 proposed a state tax credit for local sales tax paid on manufacturing equipment to encourage investment and jobs; it had broad business support and no opposition, but was also sent to suspense. SB 710 would extend and update the property tax exclusion for solar installations, with broad support from clean energy and local government groups and some opposition from large energy consumers; it too was referred to suspense. Finally, SB 663 would extend deadlines and exemptions for wildfire victims and certain nonprofit and disabled veteran properties; it received support from assessors and committee members but was also sent to suspense for further work.

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• So in the future, if you don't need to pay as many teachers, that's okay, but maybe you can pay for something
• And I think in part because we hold back and pull back money from the SCG that should remain there.
• That's what I would pay.
• And they plan to pay for a certain person...
• Let me check back on what the language says and then get back to you on whether there actually is a language

Summary: The committee first heard a detailed staff presentation on the LESC FY27 public school support recommendation. Staff reviewed the budget structure and explained that, despite a downward revision in state revenue estimates, the recommendation still relied on recurring and non-recurring revenue to support educator compensation, insurance, transportation, literacy, math, special education, and other school programs. Major recurring items included a 3% compensation increase, funding for an 80-20 health insurance cost share, insurance premium growth, and transportation adequacy funding. Staff also flagged a possible supplemental need of up to $35 million for virtual education tied to rapid enrollment growth in Chama and Santa Rosa, and members raised concerns about the quality, accountability, and funding model for virtual programs. Members asked questions about transportation for rural districts, the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit fees, the treatment of enrollment declines in the school funding formula, and whether the word “average” in salary language should remain in the budget. Staff explained that the SEG should remain whole, that the insurance and transportation recommendations applied to all public school employees but not contractors, and that the budget included multiple math-related investments spread across several lines rather than one single appropriation. There was also discussion of out-of-school learning grants, school meals, literacy center operations, special education training, and the Public Education Reform Fund, including the use of multi-year, evaluation-based appropriations for high-impact tutoring and community schools. After discussion, the committee adopted the LESC budget recommendation. The committee then moved to endorsed legislation proposals. It endorsed a bill allowing the secretary to suspend an individual school board member, with notice and appeal procedures clarified, and a bill creating an 80-20 health insurance cost-share requirement for public school employees, along with a study of the sustainability of public school insurance programs. It also endorsed a bill on attendance provisions for students with severe medical conditions, which would keep those students from being classified as excessively absent. Finally, the committee discussed a teacher residency bill that would raise stipend levels, allow residents to complete service anywhere in New Mexico, and remove the requirement that sponsoring schools must hire them, though the bill did not include an appropriation. Members also raised questions about bilingual, Hispanic, and Black education funding, cultural and linguistic supports in teacher preparation, and where various programs should be placed in the budget or PERF framework.

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• Yet, and then they come back a few years later and say, wait, I want to go back.
• when it comes to paying into TRS.
• Pay a percentage based on their minimum pay. That is correct.
• And whereas the charter school teachers pay it on their actual pay. That is correct.
• So, every entity that pays into TRS pays at a different rate, and I think that's wrong.

Bills: HJR144, HJR218, HB40, HB 101, HB 112, HB146, HB168, HB214, HB413, HB1523, HB493, HB521, HB594, HB557, HB305, HB549, HB854, HB 1057, HB 1052, HB842, HB3174, HB3311, HB2486, HB3196, HB824, HB 1039, HB2529, HB2713, HB4936, HB4995, HB4830, HB4864, HB5219, HB5263, HB5154, HB2674, HB5525, HB5623, HB2545, HB2587, HB2625, HB5520, HB5436, HB4926, HB1573, HB5165, HB4811, HB5081, HB4755, HB3179, HB4310, HB4611, HB2159, HB4626, HB3637, HB3153, HB3066, HB2786, HB2966, HB638, HB640, HB876, HB497, HB5539, HB4809, HB5308, HB4687, HB4070, HB4421, HB4412, HB3284, HB3369, HB3420, HB3449, HB4098, HB4281, HB4120, HB4504, HB4370, HB 1106, HB2370, HB2404, HB3863, HB2407, HB2253, HB2273, HB2040, HB1586, HB3788, HB3993, HB4690, HB4309, HB4696, HB2308, HB 1142, HB1533, HB1621, HB2242, HB2012, HB2193, HB2442, HB2464, HB2348, HB2313, HB2289, HB1942, HB2011, HB1629, HB2993, HB3592, HB3824, HB4076, HB4535, HB4623, HB4773, HB 1091, HB5115, HB5515, HB3372, HB5659, HCR118, HB 1233, HB2239, HB2379, HB2863, HB3368, HB3787, HB3815, HB3898, HB4023, HB4285, HB4329, HB4331, HB4429, HB4646, HB4904, HB5200, HB5320, HB5651, HB5662, HB5668, HB5670, HB5672, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, HCR108

Keywords: regional mobility, transportation authority, local law, constitutional amendment, public projects, Texas energy fund, energy efficiency, retail electric customers, electric generating facilities, business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, science park district

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• I took a risk back in 2014, went in the I took a risk back in 2014, went in the real<00:18:48.520>
• programs paying subminimum wage. programs paying subminimum wage.
• It is important for businesses to pay It is important for businesses to pay individuals<00:27:05.840
• Pay minimum wage know that funds are not available to pay the cost of minimum wages to people choosing
• /c><00:47:25.400> people<00:47:25.720> with allows us to pay people with allows us to pay

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, go back going back to Madam Chair.
• <01:25:04.560> school paying for an EFA but also paying school paying for an EFA but also
• pay any adequacy for that? pay any adequacy for that?
• > the pay my property taxes, it pays for the pay my property taxes, it pays for the school.<01
• Seeing none, we'll close the hearing and we'll be back at 1:00. same case the state should also pay the

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• said that you could pay in full. Uhhuh. said that you could pay in full.
• short back out in the next budget. short back out in the next budget.
• pay out what uh what we owe. pay out what uh what we owe.
• are they going to pay 80% market rent? are they going to pay 80% market rent?
• Are they going to pay 75% market rent? Are they going to pay 75% market rent?

Keywords: 0:00:07 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:47 Approval of Minutes 0:01:05 Correspondence and Information Items 0:54:15 Lease Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:56:19 Project Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 1:08:46 Lease Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 1:13:00 Rpt from Office of Financial Mgmt - KIA 1:20:00 Office of Financial Management 1:35:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with routine business, including welcoming new committee member Senator Reginald Thomas, approving the minutes, and receiving a correspondence report on several information items. Those items included University of Kentucky research equipment funding, UK capital project funding using federal/private funds, debt issues from McGoffin County and Owen County school districts, lease modifications by the Division of Real Properties, asset preservation project revisions at Eastern Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) information on Kentucky Wired critical infrastructure. The main discussion focused on a dispute over the Kentucky Wired communication shelters, or “huts,” and related payments under KCNA’s agreement with Asellicom/Excel. Brad Kilby of Asellicom testified that KCNA had not paid for the huts, that Asellicom had not received the alleged $8 million or any later payment, and that Asellicom remained the legal owner. Committee members pressed him on whether payment had been received, whether anyone else might have received it, and whether the lawsuit or dispute resolution process clarified the issue. Kilby said no payment had been received and that the matter was part of ongoing litigation. KCNA Executive Director Doug Hendricks and General Counsel Adam Atkins then testified. They said a certified check for $8.5 million was mailed in July, based on the Finance and Administration Cabinet secretary’s determination that $8.5 million was due under the model procurement code, even though KCNA had initially requested about $12 million to cover a worst-case estimate. They said the contract allowed payment in full or in tranches, that the huts were completed and operational, and that KCNA had not received documentation supporting Asellicom’s higher $10.1 million claim. Members expressed frustration over the missing check and the broader implications for Kentucky Wired, and one member requested that the committee obtain all agency requests related to KCNA/Kentucky Wired since inception; the co-chairs said they would look into making that information available. No formal vote was taken on the dispute during the portion provided.

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• We might as well give it back.
• piling up we might as well give it back piling up we might as well give it back thank<00:07:21.800
• fossil fuels and trying to bring back fossil fuels and trying to bring back nuclear<00:40:08.839
• pay pay from Rays alternative compliance pay pay from Rays holding<01:02:27.480> them<01:02:27.760
• They go back and forth.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years. Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers. Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• charge of who pays the board?
• They'll pay a quarter of what bank board will pay. Good morning. We always do.
• Secondly, even if the buyer does not back out, the builder still has to pay for these upgraded luxury
• out the Builder still has does not back out the Builder still has to<00:54:45.200> pay<00:54:
• Are they going to get the money back or are they going to get the money back or not?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all